Assistant Manager / Manager HR( Special Projects)

PlaySimple Games; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PlaySimple Games in Bengaluru, India, seeks an experienced HR leader to plan, execute, and manage strategic HR initiatives that enhance processes, engagement, and compliance. You will drive HR technology implementations, talent strategies, and organizational restructuring, collaborating with senior leaders to deliver high-impact outcomes while maintaining rigorous data analytics and reporting.

The role requires 6–10 years in HR, exposure to consulting or CEO/CHRO offices, strong communication,

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience in Human Resources.
• Background in management consulting or CEO/CHRO’s office preferred.
• Hands-on working knowledge of all HR sub-functions.
• Ability to think from first principles and be a problem solver.
• High bias for action; comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical thinking and ability to derive insights from data.
• Excellent written and spoken communication; able to persuade stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to drive cross-functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Project & Program Management: Leading HR initiatives from planning to implementation, ensuring on-time delivery.
• Strategic HR Initiatives: Developing programs for engagement, retention, talent acquisition, and performance management.
• Process Improvement: Analysing HR frameworks and rebuilding them to align with the HR vision.
• Data Analytics & Reporting: Create dashboards and publish periodic HR insights.
• Change Management: Support organizational restructuring and due diligences from an HR perspective.
• Compliance & Audits: Ensure compliance with laws and audit personnel files and payroll procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Project management

HR strategy

Job description

We are one of India’s most exciting & fast-growing mobile gaming companies. Founded in 2014, and creating a global mobile gaming landscape in partnership with Modern Times Group (MTG), our Vision is to create simple, impactful casual game experiences at a massive scale. Since our inception, we have built a worldwide network of chart-topping games, and powerful tech & analytics infrastructure to turbocharge their growth. Our product portfolio consists of evergreen hits like Daily Themed Crossword, WordTrip, WordJam, WordRoll, TileMatch, Jigsaw, Wordy, 2248 Number Merge,Word Search Solitaire and Many more.

This role will involve the planning, executing, and managing specific, non-routineinitiatives to enhance HR processes, employee engagement, and strategic goals. Thisrole will focus on high-impact initiatives such as HR technology implementation,developing talent strategies, improving compliance, or driving organizationalrestructuring among others.

Responsibilities:

• Project & Program Management: Leading various HR initiatives from planning toimplementation, ensuring project deliverables are completed on time and as perlaid out expectations.
  
• Strategic HR Initiatives: Developing strategic & innovative programs for employeeengagement, retention, talent acquisition, and performance management andwork closely with the leaders to drive implementation.
  
• Process Improvement: Analysing existing HR frameworks and processes and ifrequired rebuild them to be better aligned with the overall HR vision.
  
• Data Analytics & Reporting: Create reporting dashboards and metrics for the HRorganization and publish periodic insights basis data.
  
• Change Management: Take the lead by supporting organizational restructuring,conducting due diligences in the event of mergers & acquisitions from a HRperspective.
  
• Compliance & Audits: Ensuring compliance with the laws of the land includingbut not limited to auditing personnel files and payroll procedures.
  

Requirements

• 6 – 10 years of experience of working in Human Resources and atleast 4 years’experience in leading multiple org-wide HR initiatives.
  
• Candidates coming from the management consulting or CEO / CHRO’s officebackground will be preferred.
  
• Should have a hands-on working functional knowledge of all the sub-functionsunder HR.
  
• Ability to think from a first principles perspective and always wear the hat of aproblem solver.
  
• Should have a high bias for action and be comfortable with working in a fastpaced environment.
  
• Good analytical thinking and ability to derive insights from data.
  
• Be comfortable with working on ambiguous problem statements
  
• Should have excellent written and spoken communication skills and the tenacityto stay the course amid hurdles and challenges.
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills and should have the ability to persuade otherstakeholders to work together and achieve common goals.